About the Department of Mathematics

About the Department

The LSE Department of Mathematics is internationally recognised for its teaching and research. Located within a world-class social science institution, the department aims to be a leading centre for Mathematics in the Social Sciences.

The Department has more than doubled in size over the past few years, most notably with the addition of a strong new group working in financial mathematics and control theory. Other fields studied within the Department include: discrete mathematics and algorithms, mathematical game theory, and probability theory.

The Department's growth trajectory reflects the increasing impact that mathematical theory and mathematical techniques are having on subjects such as economics and finance, and on many other areas of the Social Sciences.

The Department of Mathematics was submitted jointly to REF 2014 with LSE's Department of Statistics: 84% of the research outputs of the two departments were classed as either world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour. The most recent work produced by members of the Department can be found on our Publications page.

The Department is home to the CDAM Research Report Series, which began life as the Mathematics Preprint Series in 1991. In 2009 the decision was taken to bring this series to an end, with more than 370 titles having been produced over the years. A list of published titles and information on how to obtain a CDAM Research Report is still available on the web.

The Department hosts a number of research seminars during term time. These include:

the Seminar on Operations Research, which focuses on recent advances in the field. The broad range of topics includes theoretical research in areas such as optimisation, algorithms, game theory, and applications of Operational Research to real world problems

Further Information

If you would like to know more about the LSE's Department of Mathematics, there is a great deal of information available here on our website—please give it a browse. You can also read a recent summary of the structure, teaching and research of the Department in a 7pp pdf file: About the Department (2015).

If you can't find what you are looking for, you can always contact the Department directly using the contact details in the left hand column above.

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